Umbrella.



PATENTED APR. 28, 1908.

C. H. HILL.

UMBRELLA.

APPLICATION FILED 0GT.15,1.906.

(I Hot nu UNITED sIATEsBATENT OFFICE CHARLES H, first, PENNSYLVANI i l ter i I e. seems.

To all whom it may concern: 3

Be it known that 1, CHARLES, H,-. HYI Te' n citizen of the United States,=,resirlin g at" same in such a manner as to render their in dividually removable and replaceable: Reference is to be had to theg'ace n 'panydrawings in which similar bli' actors ofreibrence denote corresponding in all the figures. Figure 1. is a side elevation of thetlmfilella partly broken away, and embodying ra -ism, provement's.

notch. Fig. 3 1s a central vertical'sectional view of the same. Fig 4 is a view of the ring employed in the endof the notch 3. Fig. 5

liig. 2 is 'an'eridvieyv, of the is a. to i plan view of the i1 per end of the ri nner. 6 is a, centra "vertical sectional view .of t e same. Fig. .7is a top plan view of a part of one of the ribs or stretchers showing lie-d'thereto Big. 8 is aside elevation 0 ig. 7 Fi 9 is a detached view of one of the ti s. llig. 10 is an under plan view of'a modification. Fig. 11' is a top plan a tip' a view of the same. Fig. 1.2 is a side elevation of Fig. 11. Fig. 13 is an elevation of a modi fied tip. Fig. 14 is avertical section of Fi 1 1. Fig. 15, is aview inperspective of Fig. 10, s 0W- ing arts 11 but partially bent into position.

T e umbrella comprises-the ordinary stick, provided with a note with a urality of integral bendablefingers 5, whio are separated y notches 01' cuts 6;

which latter are of sufficient width to'i ea'dily permit of the insertion and removal as Wallets movement of the rib tips shortly to be A ring, 7, seats'on shoulder}! and, is confined thereto by bending fingers Sever ferred to.

into close engagement-therewith, the end ex;

. tremitiesof the fingers abutting shoulders 4.

The body of each rib and stretcher 8 and 9 respectively, is of ordinary material and U-shaped in cross section. Each, of these, however, is fitted with a brass hooked-tip 10, which is received in the Ushap'ed portion of.

the ribs and stretcher and which is formed. with depressions 11 on its lower longitudinal edge, a ted to receive swaged portions of the meta as at 11 at the two longitudinalside' portions of the said .U-shaped be I 2 which is formed with an enlar ed base 3, a shoulder or seat 4,. andf the'piiqticalllf rustproof tips and ring whie Patented rs-tastes.

d latterbeing squeezed at its end 'tb embrace the ti ,a's shown in Fig. niodification 0 this inethod the tip maj fastened in the main body b ,jrivets 1 tending transversely throng ith ef ti an rib, Whlch rivets are subsequently 'headedat their ends. As a still further modification the tips may have rotuberant oints-lZoh n their upper 'ngitu inal edges a a ted fit- F and be riveted 1n holes provided t erefoi the base of the U-shaped bodies? The ti s on their toplongitudinaledg'es are each ormed with right an ular shoulders 10 against which the end 6, 0 the ribs abix Thus inassembling the parts shoulders I are brought to engage the ends e, of the 1" which thereby assures that the hooks tips will pro'ect the proper distance b1 passed over the rings 1n the note es on-"th notch and'frnnner and over the pintle 1 which is appended from each rib by twoears asjinordigany constructions. Such enga e- 'rnent is maddpermanent by compressingt 1e point of the hook into close engagement v Withits body. Thus removal of ribs is made easy by the insertion "of any edged instm ment between said point and body by prying sameto' sufficient widt for the passa e of ,the ring or pintle. The constrnction'o the slidable runner is recisely similar to that of the crown notch, t e sole distinction residin that the'body ofthejformeris o t h'tm that of the latter.

- Anio'nf't advantages apfiert ng to my vent o nfnot the least,- resides will niateria lengthen thelife of an n brella, th'e'weakest construction of which is "1 5 inevitably at snch 'a delicate oint. Another j great advantage is the possiility of indivith, ual removal and insertion; This is so lainl and incalculably superior te ths oi, wire, stringing method thatit needli' lot'bedilated upon except for tha." statei'rietflv that the, loosening or breaklng'jog jgne tipjor rib, inthe he hooks offli P are adii ted tobe ii is Wireenethod', neeeeeite'fcee the difiiouit work .ing disposed etrigbt angles to the side faces of roetzinging or rewiring the entire number of said tip. of ribs, r 3. In an u'mbrelle, a runner having a 30 Hovin,g ihus described myiilvention What and a series of epeced fingers to secure sei Cieleim aenew and desire to seoiire by Letters ring in, position, tips en aging in said space t. ,gt, ief: between said. finge'm an each having hook "i XI IEE1QGOTi-ilbi1lfi-fii0fl with an umbrella rib of she ed ends and an eye at the inner end of fi-weheye, in arose section, a tip having its top sei hook, said hook on its under side being 35 ,o jgitudinei edge fanned with a, shoulder formed with an oblique face which extends idpte'd to ebui. ege'msb the outer end of said from said eye to (be hook extremit the un iseeeiee w eeoure ihe tip be said rib, said der side of said tip having an obiique fec'e r '1; beyond 'seid shoulder thereof being which extends from said eige reerwardly and gimeeewee a hook having an oblique face, which is to en ege said 0 lique face of the 40 meme of said hook hearing a long oblique book, said Two being comperetivel long so "face toenge e said first gamed face, the end. that when. its eye is positioned wibii respect of eeid hook oeing disposed on the under ionto said "ring, the hook extremity will beat a ygitudinei edge of said tip." point away from eeid fingers which secure 1" 1H2. L1 eombine'hion with an umbrella rib of said ring, and means carried. by the tip to en 45 Uehepe in cross section, e tip therefor hem-- gage the outer end of the rib to thereby prop- 1 e 3 ing ehookedend, said sip being of such thick er'ly position said hook with respect to the neee to be reeeived becween the legs of the U outerend of the rib, me being formed on its undei face with e In. testimony whereof I efiix my signature Emir oi? epeoed depressions, each of the free in presence of two witnesses;

CHARLES H. HILL.

mgiimdmel edges of the legs of th m e1; 7 I 'ieoizme eiining with said depreeeions, being Wiineeses: et'inwerdly towerds one another to occupy GEO. N QMAPBELL;

, speee formed by said depressions and be GEO. J. fill-UL. 

